Pro-Choice Legislation
REPro Equal Access Laws (REPEAL Act)
- This bill would repeal many of Virginia’s burdensome TRAP restrictions, as well as removing some medically-unnecessary requirements currently placed upon Virginians seeking abortion care.
- Patrons: Senator Jennifer McClellan and Delegate Kathy Tran
- Track this bill: SB 1451 – HB 2491
- REPEAL Act Fact Sheet
- Status: SB 1451 died in Senate Committee on Education and Health; HB 2491 died in House Committee on Courts of Justice Subcommittee #4.
- RFA would enshrine the right to bodily autonomy and reproductive choice in Virginia law.
- Patrons: Senator Jennifer Boysko and Delegate Charniele Herring
- Track this bill: SB 1637 – HB 2369
- RFA Fact Sheet
- Status: SB 1637 died in Senate Committee on Education and Health; HB 2369 was left in House Committee on Rules
- This legislation creates a state-level protection for people in fully-insured plans from the expansive religious exemption to the ACA’s birth control coverage mandate.
- Patrons: Senator Barbara Favola and Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn
- Track this bill: SB 1344 – HB 2207
- No-Copay Contraception Fact Sheet
- Status: SB 1344 died in Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor; HB 2207 was stricken from the docket in House Committee on Commerce & Labor
Reproductive Health Equity Act
- RHEA expands ACA provisions for no-copay insurance coverage to include a broader host of reproductive health care services.
- Patrons: Senator Mamie Locke and Delegate Marcia Price
- Track this bill: SB 1132 – HB 2378
- RHEA Fact Sheet
- Status: SB 1132 died in Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor; HB 2378 died in House Committee on Commerce & Labor
Coalition and Partner Legislation
Gender identity nondiscrimination in health insurance
- Patrons: Senator George Barker and Delegate Debra Rodman
- Track this bill: SB 1287 – HB 1864
- Status: SB 1287 was stricken from the docket by request of the patron in Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor; HB 1864 was recommended striking from the docket by House Commerce & Labor Subcommittee #1, and was left in Commerce & Labor.
Contraception and STI treatment dispensing
- Patrons: Senator Jennifer McClellan and Delegate Marcus Simon
- Track this bill: SB 1452 – HB 2636
- Status: SB 1452 was passed by indefinitely in Senate Committee on Education & Health; HB 2636 was passed by indefinitely in the House Committee on Health, Welfare, & Institutions Subcommittee #2
- Patrons: Senator Rosalyn Dance and Delegate Marcus Simon
- Track this bill: SB 1200 – HB 1850
- Status: HB 1850 died in House Commerce & Labor Subcommittee #2; SB 1200 was defeated by the full Senate 19-21.
- Patron: Delegate Cia Price
- Track this bill: HB 1996
- Status: Left in House Committee on Privileges & Elections
- Patron: Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy
- Track this bill: HB 2120
- Status: Laid on the table by House Committee on Commerce & Labor Subcommittee #1
Opposition Bills
Constitutional amendment banning public funding of abortion
- Patron: Delegate Kathy Byron
- Track this bill: HJ 715
- HJ 715 Fact Sheet
- Status: Left in House Committee on Privileges and Elections
Budget amendment: Prohibits funding for abortion and priority for family planning grants
- Member request: Delegate T. Scott Garrett
- Item 297#3h
- Defunding Fact Sheet
- Status: Not included in final budget
Budget amendment: Limits LARC pilot program
- Member request: Senator Siobhan Dunnavant
- Item 292#1c
- LARC Budget Amendment Fact Sheet
- Status: Included in final budget
Budget amendment: Prohibits funding for certain abortion services
- Member request: Delegate David LaRock, Senator David Suetterlein
- Item 4-5.04#1c
- Fetal Anomaly Fact Sheet
- Status: Included in final budget.
Budget amendment: Requires reporting of funded abortion for fetal anomaly
- Item 289#1c
- Introduced in conference; Included in final budget
Bills to Watch
Maternal Mortality Review Team
- Patrons: Del. Roxann Robinson and Del. Kaye Kory
- Track this bill: HB 2546
- Status: PASSED!
Constitutional amendment repealing the provision that marriage is between a man and woman
- Patron: Senator Adam Ebbin
- Track this bill: SJ 251
- Status: Died in committee – was incorporated into SJ279 (Edwards).
Repeal ultrasound and informed written consent requirements for abortion
- Patron: Delegate Debra Rodman
- Track this bill: HB 1863
- Status: Died in House Committee on Courts of Justice Subcommittee #4.
Repeal ultrasound requirement for abortion
- Patron: Senator Mamie Locke
- Track this bill: SB 1054
- Status: Incorporated into SB1451 (McClellan) and passed by indefinitely in Senate Committee on Education & Health.
- Patron: Delegate Vivian Watts
- Track this bill: HB 2082
- Status: Died in House Committee for Courts of Justice Subcommittee #4.
Adding consent to Family Life Education
- Patron: Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn
- Track this bill: HB 2205
- Status: PASSED!
Repealing statutory prohibition on same-sex marriage and civil unions
- Patron: Senator John Edwards
- Track this bill: SB 1306
- Status: Died in Senate Committee for Courts of Justice